Comments on: Treasury’s promise, one year onhttp://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/12/08/treasurys-promise-one-year-on/
A slice of lime in the sodaSun, 26 Oct 2014 19:05:02 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3By: Acharnhttp://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/12/08/treasurys-promise-one-year-on/comment-page-1/#comment-33919
Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:12:23 +0000http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11431#comment-33919What didn’t happen, which you don’t mention, was that “11-agency, 8-week review of servicer practices, with hundreds of investigators crawling all over the banks”. Instead what happened was hundreds of investigators went and drank coffee and ate donuts at the banks and then went home. since there was never an investigation the attorneys general never had any ammunition to get a settlement with the banks. So some of them did their own investigation and what they found was so bad they are suing, not settling. Thanks, Office of Thrift Supervision. Thanks, Fed. Thanks, Treasury. After all, Teh Timmeh said, “Save the banks at all costs.” And so it was tried.
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Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:56:01 +0000http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11431#comment-33877Felix shorted the list of states NOT part of the “50 State AG ‘investigation’ and ‘settlement’”:

New York
California
Nevada
Massachusetts
Delaware

The first 3 being out means that the contemplated “national settlement” is impossible (and good on that – an AG shouldn’t settle what hasn’t been investigated).

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Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:22:32 +0000http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11431#comment-33860+1
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Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:15:38 +0000http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11431#comment-33857Why is it bad news that California and others are not accepting a pay off via fines? It seems to me there is hope that prosecutions could occur. Why not?
]]>By: upstaterhttp://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/12/08/treasurys-promise-one-year-on/comment-page-1/#comment-33852
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:09:48 +0000http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=11431#comment-33852There was never an “battle” between the Treasury Department and the banks. They represent the same interest, those of the 0.01%. Neither has any interest in the other 99.9%, regardless of what the spin-meisters may say.

Thank you for pointing out nothing has happened, Felix. The more often people are reminded that government does very little for the 99.9%, the better.